Afghanistan |
80% |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Albania |
7/10 |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Algeria |
Grades of 12 or above |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Angola |
13/20 |
Licenciatura or professional title |
Anguilla |
Caribbean Requirements – Find below |
Caribbean Requirements – Find below |
Antigua and Barbu |
Caribbean Requirements – Find below |
Caribbean Requirements – Find below |
Argentina |
Minimum score of 7 out of 10 |
Licenciado/Licentiatura or professional title |
Armenia |
Grades of 4 out of 5 or 7.5 out of 10 |
Bakalavri Kochum (Bachelor`s) |
Australia |
Second Class Honours Upper Division; 70%; 6 out of 7 |
Honours Bachelor’s |
Austria |
Grades 1 or 2 out of 5 on a reversed scale (Gut) |
Bachelor’s |
Azerbaijan |
4 out of 5 |
Bakalavr (Bachelor`s Degree; requiring at least 4 years of study), Diploma of Specialist, Magistr |
Bahamas |
3 out of 4 or See Caribbean |
See Caribbean |
Bahrain |
3 out of 4 or 80% |
Bachelor’s, requiring 4 years of study |
Bangladesh |
3 out of 4 or 80% |
Bachelor’s, requiring 4 years of study |
Barbados |
Caribbean Requirements – Find below |
Caribbean Requirements – Find below |
Belarus |
7 out of 10 |
Bakalavr; Specialist Diploma |
Belgium |
14/20 |
Licencie/Licenciaat |
Belize |
B or view Caribbean Requirements – Find below |
Caribbean Requirements – Find below |
Benin |
Minimum 13/20 average |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Bhutan |
First Class/Grades of 60% or above |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Bolivia |
70% |
Licenciatura/Licenciado, Bachelor’s |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4 out of 5 or 8 out of 10 |
Diploma Visoko Obrazovanja (Advanced Diploma of Higher Education) |
Botswana |
Second Class, First Division; 70% |
Bachelor`s, requiring 4 or 5 years of study |
Brazil |
7 out of 10 |
Bacharel/ Bacharelado ; Licenciado/Licenciatura ; Titulo Profissional |
Brunei |
Second Class Honours (Upper Division) |
Bachelor`s Degree, requiring 4 years of study |
Bulgaria |
4.5 out of 6 |
Diploma za Zavarsheno Visshe Obrazovanie (requiring a minimum of 4 years of study); Bakalavr |
Burkino Faso |
15/20 |
Maitrise, Diplome d`Ingenieur (with minimum 4 years of study) |
Burundi |
75% |
Licence, Diplome d`Ingenieur (minimum 4 years of study) |
Cabo Verde |
15 out of 20 |
Licenciatura |
Cambodia |
9 out of 10 |
Bachelor`s/Licence, requiring a minimum of 4 years of study |
Cameroon |
65 out of 100, 3 out of 4 (post 2007), or 14 out of 20 (pre 2007) |
Bachelor`s (post-2007 system); Maitraise (pre-2007 Francophone system) |
Caribbean |
Second Class, Upper Division or Upper Second Class Honours |
Bachelor`s (Honours) |
Cayman Islands |
See Caribbean requirements above. |
See Caribbean requirements above. |
Central African Republic |
14 out of 20 |
Maitrise, specialized diplome, or professional title |
Chad |
14 out of 20 |
Maitrise |
Chile |
5 out of 7 |
Licenciartura |
China |
80%; 4 out of 5; B |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Colombia |
3.5 out of 5 |
Titulo Professional, Licenciado |
Congo |
15 out of 20 |
Maitrise |
Democratic of Congo |
60% |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Costa Rica |
8 out of 10 or 80% |
Bachiller, Bachillerato Universitario, Licenciado, Titulo |
Côte d’Ivoire |
14/20 |
Licence, Maitrise |
Croatia |
4 out of 5 |
Diploma (pre-2005) requiring 4-6 years of study; Baccalaureaus (post-2005) requiring at least 4 years of study |
Cuba |
4 out of 5 or 80% |
Licenciado(a)/Licenciatura, Titulo |
Cyprus |
3 out of 5; 7.5 out of 10; 80% |
Ptychion, Bachelor`s |
Czech Republic |
Very Good; 2 out of 5 (reversed scale) |
Bachelor’s degree |
Denmark |
7 out of 12 (post 2007) 8 out of 13 (pre 2007) |
Bachelor’s |
Djibouti |
14/20 |
Maitrise |
Dominica |
See Caribbean requirements below. |
See Caribbean requirements below. |
Dominican Republic |
3 out of 4 |
Licenciado, Licenciatura |
Ecuador |
80% or 8 out of 10 |
Licenciado or professional title |
Egypt |
70% |
Bachelor`s/ Baccalaureos |
El Salvador |
7 out of 10 |
Licenciado or professional title |
England |
Second Class, Upper Division ; 60% |
Bachelor’s |
Eritrea |
3.5 out of 4 |
Bachelor`s degree |
Estonia |
4 out of 5 |
Bakalaureusekraad; Specialist Diploma |
Ethiopia |
3 out of 4 |
Bachelor’s |
Fiji |
3 out of 4; 65 out of 100; B |
Bachelor’s |
Finland |
2 out of 3; 3 out of 5; Cum Laude Approbatur |
Bachelor`s degree; Oikeusnotaari / Rättsnotarie |
France |
13 out of 20 |
Bachelor’s |
Gabon |
14 out of 20, bien |
Maitrise, Bachelor’s |
Gambia |
3.0 out of 4.3; B |
Bachelor’s |
Georgia |
4 out of 5 |
Bakalavris Khariskhi (requiring 4 yrs of study) |
Germany |
2.5 (reversed scale) |
Bachelor’s |
Ghana |
Second Class, Upper Division; 3 out of 4; B |
Bachelor’s – 4 years of study |
Greece |
7 out of 10 |
Ptychio, Bachelor’s |
Guatemala |
Grades of 85% or Very Good. |
Licenciado/Licentiatura or Titulo requiring four years of study |
Guinea |
14 out of 20 |
Licence (requiring four years of study) |
Guyana |
B or Good |
Bachelor’s, requiring 4 years of study |
Honduras |
Grades of 80% or above. |
Licenciado or Titulo requiring four years of study |
Hong Kong |
Second Class Honours Upper Division |
4-year Bachelor (Honours) |
Hungary |
4 out of 5; Good |
Egyetemi Oklevel (requiring at least four years of study) or Professional title (requiring at least four-and-a half years of study) |
Iceland |
7 out of 10; Second Class Degree |
Bachelor’s |
India |
60% or above; First Class |
Bachelor’s degree |
Indonesia |
2.5 out of 4 |
Sarjana Satu (S1), Bachelor’s |
Iran |
14 out of 20 |
4-year Bachelor’s |
Iraq |
70% or greater |
Bachelor’s |
Ireland |
Second Class Upper Division |
Honours bachelor’s degree |
Israel |
80% |
Bachelor’s |
Italy |
24 out of 30 |
Laurea requiring four years of study |
Jamaica |
Upper Second Class Honours |
Bachelor’s (Honours) |
Japan |
70% or greater |
Bachelor`s degree (Gakushi-shogo / 学士号) |
Jordan |
70% or greater |
Bachelor`s |
Kazahkstan |
Grades of 4 or above out of 5 |
Bakalavr (requiring 4 years of study) |
Kenya |
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
Bachelor’s degree with Honours, requiring 4 years of study |
Kosovo |
8 out of 10 |
Diploma Visokog Obrazovanja* (requiring at least 4 years of study)- Pre 2003; Bachelors (Post 2003) |
Kuwait |
6.5 out of 9; 80% |
Bachelor’s degree, requiring 4 years of study |
Kyrghyzstan |
4 out of 5 |
Bakalavr (Bachelor`s Degree; requiring at least 4 years of study) |
Lao People’s Demo Republic |
7.5 out of 10 |
Bachelor’s Degree requiring 5 years of study |
Latvia |
4 out of 5; 7 out of 10 |
Bakalaurs |
Lebanon |
3 out of 4; 15 out of 20; 75-80% |
Bachelor’s, Licence requiring 4 years of study |
Lesotho |
Second Class, First Division; 75% |
Bachelor’s, requiring at least four years of study |
Liberia |
3 out of 4; B |
Bachelor’s, requiring at least four years of study |
Libya |
75% |
Bachelor’s |
Lithuania |
75% |
Bakalauras |
Macau |
16 out of 20; 3 out of 4; Very Good |
Licenciatura, requiring a minimum of 4 years of study |
Macedonia |
8 out of 10 |
Visoko Obrazovanja, Diplomiran requiring a minimum of 4 years of study |
Madagascar |
15/20 |
Maitrise, requiring a minimum of 4 years of study |
Malaysia |
Second Class (Upper Division) |
Bachelor’s degree awarded with Honours |
Malta |
Second Class, Upper Division |
Bachelor’s |
Mauritius |
Class II, Division I |
Bachelor`s with Honours – minimum of 3 years of study |
Mexico |
8 out of 10 or 80% |
Titulo de Licenciado/Tecnico Superior/Tecnologo (Professional) requiring four years of study |
Moldova |
8 out of 10 |
Bachelor’s |
Mongolia |
80% |
Bachelor’s |
Montenegro |
8 out of 10 |
Post 2007-Bachelor; Pre 2007-Diploma Visokog Obrazovanja* (requiring at least 4 years of study) Baccalaureate |
Morocco |
12 out of 20 |
Licence; Diplome d`Ingenieur; Maitraise |
Mozambique |
16/20 |
Licenciatura |
Myanmar |
75 out of 100 or 4 out of 5 |
Bachelor’s (Honour’s) requiring 4 years of study |
Namibia |
75% |
Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years of study |
Nepal |
First Class/Division |
Bachelor’s |
Netherlands |
7 out of 10 |
Bachelor’s |
New Zealand |
Second Class (Division I) |
Bachelor’s degree (Honours, or 4-year degree) |
Nicaragua |
80%; Second Class, Upper Division |
Licenciado/Licentiatura or Titulo requiring four years of study |
Nigeria |
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
Bachelor’s |
Norway |
2.5 out of 6 (reversed scale) |
Bachelor`s degree Old system: Candidatus Magisteri, Sivilingenior |
Oman |
3 out of 4 |
Bachelor`s degree, requiring 4 years of study Higher Secondary Certificate |
Pakistan |
3.0 on a 4.0 scale or First Class/Division |
Bachelor`s Degree, requiring a minimum of 4 years of study |
Panama |
81% |
Licenciado or Titulo requiring four years of study |
Paraguay |
4 out of 5; 80%; Very Good |
Licenciado or professional title, requiring four years of study |
Peru |
13 out of 20 |
Bachiller or Licenciado or professional title requiring four years of study |
Philippines |
2 out of 5 (reversed scale) |
4-year Bachelor’s |
Poland |
4 out of 5; Good; or Dobri |
Dyplom Ukonczenia Studiow Wyzszych Magister (pre-2005); Dyplom Ukonczenia Studiow Wyzszych Lekarz; Bachelor (Licencjat, Inżynier)(post-2005) |
Portugal |
15 out of 20 |
Licenciado/Licenciatura requiring a minimum of 4 years study |
Puerto Rico |
3 out of 4; 80% |
Bachelor`s, requiring four years of study |
Qatar |
4 out of 5 |
Bachelor’s |
Romania |
7.5 out of 10 |
Bachelor’s |
Russia |
4 out of 5 |
Bakalavr (requiring 4 years of study) |
Rwanda |
Grande Distinction; 80% |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Saudi Arabia |
3 out of 4; Very Good; B; 80% |
Bachelor’s degree |
Scotland |
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
Bachelor’s |
Senegal |
14 out of 20 |
Maitrise (minimum 4 years of study) |
Serbia |
8 out of 10 |
Post 2003– Bachelor; Pre 2003-Diploma Visokog Obrazovanja* (requiring at least 4 years of study) |
Sierra Leone |
Second Class Honours, Upper Division |
Bachelor Honours Degree |
Singapore |
Second Class, Upper Division; B |
Bachelor`s (with minimum 4 years of study) |
Slovak Republic/Slovakia |
Very Good |
Bachelor’s |
Slovenia |
8 out of 10 |
Post 2006–Bachelor; Pre 2006-Univerzitetni Diplomirani*; Diploma with a professional title requiring at least 4 years of study |
Somalia |
26 out of 30 |
Bachelor’s |
South Africa |
Second Class, Division I; 60% |
Bachelor Honours Degree (4-year) |
South Korea |
82%; 3.3 out 4.5 |
Bachelor’s |
Spain |
7 out of 10 |
Post-2006: Titulo de Graduado (Grado) requiring four years of study. Pre-2006: Licenciado or Licenciatura or Professional title (Ingeniero, Arquitecto,etc.) |
Sri Lanka |
Second Class Upper Division |
Bachelor’s (Special) |
Sudan |
65% |
Bachelor’s Honours Degree (5-year) |
Swaziland |
Second Class, First Division |
Bachelor`s (minimum 4-year) |
Sweden |
4 out of 5; Väl Godkänd (Distinction) |
Bachelor`s degree Pre-2005: Magistersexamen with at least 160 credits (four years of study) |
Switzerland |
2 out of 5 (revered scale); 3 out of 4; 5 out of 6; 6 out of 8; 7 out of 10 |
Bachelor (Post-2005) Pre-2005: Lizentiat/Licence; Diploma/Diplome; Staatsdiplom (from a Federal Inst. of Technology); Diplome d`Ingenieur; Diplome d`Architecte; Maître de Dessin; Upper Secondary Teacher Credentials; Doktorat awarded as first degree |
Syria |
70%; Very Good |
Licence, Bachelor`s (both requiring 4 years of study) |
Taiwan |
75% |
Bachelor`s degree (學士學位) requiring four years of study |
Tanzania |
Second Class, Upper Level; 3.5 out of 5 |
Bachelor’s (Honours)requiring at least four years of study |
Thailand |
3 out of 4 |
Bachelor`s, requiring at least four years of study |
Togo |
15 out of 20 |
Bachelor’s |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Upper Second Class Honours |
Bachelor’s (Honours) |
Turkey |
Grades of 3 out of 4; 70%; Good |
Bachelor’s |
Turkmenistan |
4 out of 5 |
Specialist diploma |
Uganda |
Class II(i) Honours Upper |
Bachelor Degree |
Ukraine |
4 out of 5 (pre-2000); 8 out of 12 (post-2000) |
Bakalavr (Bachelor`s Degree; requiring at least 4 years of study) |
United Arab Emirates |
B |
Bachelor`s; normally requiring at least 4 years of study |
United States |
3 out of 4 |
Bachelor’s |
Uruguay |
8 or higher |
Licenciatura(Licenciado); Professional Title (e.g., Ingeniero); requires at least 4 years of study |
Venezuela |
7 out of 9; 14 out of 20; 3.5 out of 5 |
Licentiatura or professional title requiring four years of study |
Vietnam |
7 out of 10 |
Bachelor`s Degree (Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Đại Học / Bằng cử nhân) requiring at least 4 years of study |
Wales |
Second Class, Upper Division |
Honours Bachelor’s |
Zambia |
B+, Meritorious |
Bachelor`s; requiring a minimum of 4 years of study |
Zimbabwe |
Second Division, Upper Level |
Bachelor’s |